Holiday World should ban smoking
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Alpengeist,Beast,Hulk,MeanStreak,Nitro
I do think that alot of people overreact with the whole "smoking crisis", but to each his own.
Corey
"Afterward, services resumed for about 20 minutes until the congregation realized the church was on fire." - www.channel3000.com
--Ryan
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You know it's a good ride when you come into the brake run saying, "Man, that was a good ride."
No, but you should be considerate enough of his situation to make sure that your activity (having a persian cat) does not affect his health - which is what I request of smokers when it affects my health.
And it's a LOT easier for someone to stub out a cigarette while they are in a theme park. If they want to pollute their lungs, go right ahead, but don't contaminate my lungs with that crap.
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--George H
---Currency tracking experiment... http://www.wheresgeorge.com (Referring to The "George" on the $1 bill - Not Me)
Warm the Van up lads....my smoking friends look pis*ed! :-)
--Ryan
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You know it's a good ride when you come into the brake run saying, "Man, that was a good ride."
It will not harm you if I smoke near you.
You might smell like smoke and be annoyed that I am smoking, but you are not losing your ability to breathe nor am I imposing any health issues on you whatsoever.
Unless I inhale directly into your mouth and you inhale deeply at the same time. And even then the effects on you would be lesser than to me. Anything short of that is fear mongering.
Ryan, I hate the smell of your mom's perfume. She should have a designated area off the main park paths. ;) Sure, it's not causing any health problem (neither are smokers) but the smell really gets me. ;)
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Dorney Park Visits in 2003: 15
*** This post was edited by Lord Gonchar 8/4/2003 2:50:45 PM ***
Would this be tolerated? No, because it's obviously dangerous, and would annoy people. But isn't that exactly what smoking is?
The only reason it's tolerated is that it's so engrained in American culture to smoke. And also, because it's so addictive that smokers become violent when their "right" to smoke is confronted. As I'm sure we'll see in this post eventually.
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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.
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Alpengeist,Beast,Hulk,MeanStreak,Nitro
--Ryan
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Is Oreos waterproof?
Again, why smoking? Refer to my perfume comment in the last post. Same thing.
Why is the line drawn where it is? I can think of a list of probably 25 things that are as offensive to me as smoking is to a non smoker that I'll encounter in any public situation. What makes smoking different?
(glad I'm old enough to remember the world before that whole PC movement)
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Dorney Park Visits in 2003: 15
When, during a trip to CP a few years back, my wife's throat closed up due to her allergic reaction to the cigarette smoke of the person in front of us in line. What did the smoker do when I asked him and his underage cronies to put the cigarettes out? They laughed in my face. (If someone behind us didn't signal security - whom I did not see - there would have been four little punks who also needed medical attention.)
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--George H
---Currency tracking experiment... http://www.wheresgeorge.com (Referring to The "George" on the $1 bill - Not Me)
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Alpengeist,Beast,Hulk,MeanStreak,Nitro
But at least I can leave these things behind. Every time I go to a place where there's smoking, I have to get a shower afterwards to scrub the stench out of my hair and body.
I think another thing that annoys people is that smoking is just so pointless. I guarantee that if smoking weren't addictive, 99% of smokers would quit today. There's nothing about the act that is enjoyable, it's simply the chemicals satisfying your unnatural need for nicotine that feels good about it.
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A day is a drop of water in the ocean of eternity. A week is seven drops.
Yes perfume is a big offender. I've coughed, gasped, wheezed, sneezed and been generally nauseated being close in line to someone with too much cologne or perfume. Again, if it affects others in the same way as smoking affects certain people, why is it tolerated - probably because the idea of smelling good is so engrained in american culture...
Then again, the B.O. is just as offensive. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. :)
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Dorney Park Visits in 2003: 15
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Alpengeist,Beast,Hulk,MeanStreak,Nitro
Den said:
wearing those "Big Johnson" T-shirts, .
Ha! You got my support there! Guys with those shirts are usually the biggest jerks (hell, how couldn't you be if your idea of wit is a "big johnson" pun)
People like that need punched in the head. (oh oh, the smoker just got violent ;) )
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Dorney Park Visits in 2003: 15
I enjoyed smoking when I smoked. Sometimes I miss it. Yeah, it's a disgusting habit, but I'm not going to tell you I hated it.
Den said:
There's nothing about the act that is enjoyable, it's simply the chemicals satisfying your unnatural need for nicotine that feels good about it.
Gonchar's right on target here. People have been smoking cigarettes for decades, yet because the world is so *&%#$@! politically correct lately, facts are distorted (i.e. lies are told) and people get all bent out of shape because of it.
Edit: Man, this thread is growing fast...I can't even keep up with it! Must be out of shape from all that smoking I did... ;)
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-Mike B.
Son of Hulk
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*** This post was edited by Vater 8/4/2003 3:14:14 PM ***
Closed topic.
